Amity University Raipur organises Model United Nations

Amity University Raipur had recently organised a Model United Nations (MUN) on their campus. According to Amity University, Chhattisgarh, the two day event saw participation from almost 300 students from across India.

Dec 15, 2018, 16:32 IST

Amity University Raipur had recently organised a Model United Nations (MUN) on their campus. According to Amity University, Chhattisgarh, the two day event saw participation from almost 300 students from across India. The judges for the event arrived from UK, Delhi, Mumb ai and Nagpur and the event was coordinated by 20 organising committees. MUN is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants about current events, topics of global concern, international relations, diplomacy and the United Nations agenda, reported the college's website.

The chief guest for the opening ceremony was IAS officer Alex Paul Menon, CEO ChiPs, emphasised upon the contribution of such sessions to improve the debating and negotiation skills of students. In the valedictory ceremony; Dr Surajit C Mukhopadhyay (Registrar), Prof Vidya Singh (Convener for the event) of Amity University Raipur and Praveen Goel. The ceremony progressed as the participating committees submitted their draft resolutions to be sent over to UNDESCO and the executive board members distributed prizes to the winners.

Towards the conclusion of the programme, the Secretary General, DIS, Vanshika Agrawal gave away best delegate award. This was the first edition of Model United Nations in Chhattisgarh. In the pioneer edition, the students simulated United Nations’ six organs, namely UNSC, UNHRC, UNICEF, UNW, UNGA. The faculties of Amity University Raipur provided extensive support in planning, logistics and hospitality that made this event a great success. Various faculties from other schools in Raipur attended the event as well, according to the website of the university.

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